Laundry bundling, packing, and wrapping device



R. W. BARRIER. LAUNDRY BUNDLING, PACKING, AND WRAPPING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1920. V Patented May 16, 1922.

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LAUNDRY BUNDLING, PACKING, AND WRAPPING DEVICE.

Specification of letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Application filed September 18, 1920. Serial No. 410,075.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH lV. BARRIER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented acertain new and useful Laundry Bundling, Packing, and lVrapping Device, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, especially designed for bundling, packing and wrapping laundry.

More specifically it is my object to provide a device of this character in which articles such, for instance, as laundry goods, may be firmly and evenly packed in a paper bag, and tightly compressed, without danger of tearing the bag, and further to provide an element for a machineof this class that is designed to serve also as a simple, convenient and inexpensive string holder conveniently arranged for the use of the operator in tying a bundle.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: i

Figure 1 shows an end elevation of a device embodying my invention.

Figure 2 shows a top or plan view of the same; and

Figure shows a side elevation of the same, with part of the bag holder and bag broken away to show the positionot' the bag holder inside of the bag.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a table top supported upon the legs 11. At one end there is an upright end piece 12., provided with guides 12 overlapping the sides of the table top so that the upright 12 may freely slide longitudinally of the table.

At the other end there is a bracket 13, into which a pipe 14 is screwed, and on the end of the pipe 14 is a circular disc 15, which is supported by said pipe in position approximately at the central portion of the table and spaced slightly above the table.

Adjacent to the bracket 13 is a twine holder 16, and a twine 17 leads from the holder'and passes through the bracket 13 and the pipe 14.

The bag holder comprises a rectangular body portion 18, openat both ends and of such size that it may be readily and easily inserted in a paper bag of the kind indicated by the numeral 19.

In practical operation, the operator first places the bag holder 18 into the bag 19, with the bottom of the bag holder at or near the bottom of the ba Then the laundry articles are placed in'the bag through the bag holder, and the bag holder and bag are placed on the table top 10. Then the operator grasps the, upright end piece 12 and forces it, together with the bag and the bag holder, against the packing head 15, thus tendingto compress and pack the laundry articles within the bag. The bag holder and bag may be moved from one side of the table to the other, so that the packing may be uniform within the bag. When it has been properly packed the end piece 12 is moved toward the rear end of the table away from the bag and bag holder, and then while the packing head 15 rests against the laundry articles within the bag, as shown in Figure 3, the operator grasps the bag holder 18 and pulls it away from the bag, thus separating the bag holder from the bag. When this has been done the bag is moved toward the end piece 12, and when it has cleared the end of the packing head. 15 it exposes the free end of the twine, and places the twine in conveniently accessible position for the use or the operator in tying the bundle.

I claim as myinvention:

In a device of the class combination of a flattable top, an open-ended bag holder, and a packer bar fixed to one end of the table top and extended over the table, and having a packing head thereon described, the

supported in position spaced slightly above the table and of such size as to be readily received within the bag holder.

Des Moines, Iowa, May 27, 1920.

RALPH \V. BARRIER. 

